Amid the intense backlash he is facing over an “interview” with an AI version of a student killed in the 2018 Parkland high school shooting, former CNN anchor Jim Acosta told The Independent he was “honored” to help the victim’s family remember their son.
The conversation featured Acosta speaking to an animated image of Joaquin Oliver, who would have been celebrating his 25th birthday on Monday. According to Joaquin’s father Manuel, the avatar was based on a real photograph of his deceased son and was trained on general information and knowledge from his writings and social media postings.
